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Slive, SEC hold the strings while puppets dance
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:00 pm
Matt Hayes / Sporting News Article
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Well, well, well. Here we are again, staring at a room full of confused faces and lost souls.
And wouldn’t you know it: after all of this college football expansion nonsense, after all the huffing and puffing, look who’s again in control.
That would be the SEC.
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The SEC was never going to 16 teams. The SEC was never interested in schools within the borders of its current schools. And more important, the SEC was never interested in driving the expansion train.
In a span of two weeks, Texas had control of everything expansion, then lost it to Oklahoma, who then pranced around for two weeks before the Pac-12 intercepted it and promptly gave it back to the Longhorns.
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Just how powerful is the SEC? The ACC—the SEC’s perpetual little brother of the south—went out and added two teams (Pitt and Syracuse) when it didn’t have to.
All because of what could have been.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 2:14 pm
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Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:05 pm to Chad504boy
Cue drunky pasting longhorn propaganda
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:08 pm to Wolf Shirt
Texas will do what we tell them to do and they will like it
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:10 pm to Smoke Ring
The overriding point is a good one.
For all the people worried/stressed about who #14 is going to be....WHO CARES?! We got Texas A&M, and we're good to go. The SEC will continue to be admired and envied by all. The SEC has a unique brand/identity/solidarity all to itself, and the addition of A&M merely continues that brand/identity into the Texas market.
For all the people worried/stressed about who #14 is going to be....WHO CARES?! We got Texas A&M, and we're good to go. The SEC will continue to be admired and envied by all. The SEC has a unique brand/identity/solidarity all to itself, and the addition of A&M merely continues that brand/identity into the Texas market.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:13 pm to molsusports
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Texas will do what we tell them to do and they will like it
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:13 pm to Smoke Ring
OK, OSU, and FSU before this is all over. Watch.
Will. Be. Un. Rivaled.
Will. Be. Un. Rivaled.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:28 pm to CreoleAubie
The best part is that after all the hysteria of the last four weeks...everyone will be relieved when aTm officially gets their keys to the SEC club. Even those that opposed the move will applaud it as the last piece to restore sanity.
Pretty cool if you think about it.
Tip of the hat to Slive and Loftin.
Poolside...with a cool one and with our 12 new BFFs
Pretty cool if you think about it.
Tip of the hat to Slive and Loftin.
Poolside...with a cool one and with our 12 new BFFs
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:34 pm to Opti
That article made me think of Mike Slive as Marcello Mastroianni in 8 1/2; doing very little while watching the circus play out around him.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:38 pm to Smoke Ring
SEC did well, but Big 10 didn't do so bad themselves. They are making lots of money from their TV network, and getting Nebraska was a Good Get.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:48 pm to FTL Tiger
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SEC did well, but Big 10 didn't do so bad themselves. They are making lots of money from their TV network, and getting Nebraska was a Good Get.
The B1G is every bit as valuable as the SEC as a business. Nebraska solidified that and a championship game helps them. Their football as a whole is down right now, but it will come back at some point. As far as football brand value goes, it is SEC/B1G and then everyone else.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:49 pm to Hamstonian
Agree 1000%!
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:03 pm to Opti
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The best part is that after all the hysteria of the last four weeks...everyone will be relieved when aTm officially gets their keys to the SEC club. Even those that opposed the move will applaud it as the last piece to restore sanity.
Pretty cool if you think about it.
Tip of the hat to Slive and Loftin.
amen brother. this has actually turned damn comical. everyone rattling their swords (that have them to rattle) or whining and threatening to sue everybody (those with no swords; ie baylor) and the acc, seemingly out of the blue, adding 2 teams out of fear of getting left out. it's really surreal; the big east and the remnants of the big 12 are talking merger, the two western conferences talking a 22 team conference, texas joining the atlantic coast conference, etc,etc. this really has given us an insight as to what may, and even probably will, happen in the next few years. noone wants to be left out and insecurity rules the day. guess ole beebe will be taking his 401(k) and transferring it soon.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 4:12 pm to Opti
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The best part is that after all the hysteria of the last four weeks...everyone will be relieved when aTm officially gets their keys to the SEC club. Even those that opposed the move will applaud it as the last piece to restore sanity.
Texas A&M will become the football flagship university in Texas. And it's hilarious because UT allowed this to happen because of this revenue split/LHN deal. I know that everybody over in Austin thinks there is no way A&M could EVER overshadow them, but when a recruit has a chance to play Alabama, Florida, LSU, Auburn, Georgia - GIGANTIC games every other week on primetime television, OR they could play K.State, Baylor, Ok State and finally get a shot for bigtime on TV vs OU, who do you think they're going to choose?
SEC is in Texas now. This shite is going to get good. Welcome Aggies. You made the right choice.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 6:12 pm to Smoke Ring
It's actually funny how everything played out. All the other conferences and teams except the BIG 1G(They were smart enough not play the game this time around) have been scrambling to try to keep up with the SEC or at least force some kind of stability.
The Big 12 is falling apart and nobody there trusts each other. Duct tape and bubble gum will only hold for so long.
The Pac 12 got used by Texas last year turned around and let OU bend them them over this year. Plus everyone knows that if 16 does eventually happen, the Pac has the most limit choices and their best options are still the teams that have been screwing them.
The Big EAST has been raided and is life support. Not to mention the basketball and football schools are further apart than ever.
Finally the ACC raised the exit fee and picked up two scrawny little weaklings to try to fend off that monster that is the SEC that they feel is lurking on their door steps.
With all these conferences scrambling for stability and raising exit fees to try to strong arm teams into staying, if they really want to see what true stability is. They should just look at the SEC. There's NO exit fee, because it's so much better here that you actually couldn't pay teams to leave. Whether this is really the end of it or not for a while, when everything is said and done, the SEC will still be king.
The Big 12 is falling apart and nobody there trusts each other. Duct tape and bubble gum will only hold for so long.
The Pac 12 got used by Texas last year turned around and let OU bend them them over this year. Plus everyone knows that if 16 does eventually happen, the Pac has the most limit choices and their best options are still the teams that have been screwing them.
The Big EAST has been raided and is life support. Not to mention the basketball and football schools are further apart than ever.
Finally the ACC raised the exit fee and picked up two scrawny little weaklings to try to fend off that monster that is the SEC that they feel is lurking on their door steps.
With all these conferences scrambling for stability and raising exit fees to try to strong arm teams into staying, if they really want to see what true stability is. They should just look at the SEC. There's NO exit fee, because it's so much better here that you actually couldn't pay teams to leave. Whether this is really the end of it or not for a while, when everything is said and done, the SEC will still be king.
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